Federal Hill and Locust Point Announce Light City Displays and Events

Both Federal Hill and Locust Point are Neighborhood Lights partners for the Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts’ (BOPA) Light City 2018.

In Federal Hill, businesses will be displaying artwork created by local kids. Federal Hill Main Street (FHMS), artists from Future Makers, and BOPA have been collaborating on workshops in neighborhood classrooms and community centers where kids create artwork to be displayed in local Federal Hill businesses. The pieces of artwork are life-size photographic portraits of Federal Hill community members. The pieces will be mounted in framed boxes that are designed and built for storefront windows. Current Federal Hill installation sites include Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Homesale Realty, Tradestone Gallery, and Chesapeake Tile.

On April 6th, FHMS in partnership with BOPA, is hosting an illuminated parade at 630pm that begins at Federal Hill Park.

After the parade, participants will gather outside FHMS’s office at 42 E. Cross St. Members of FHMS’s Board of Directors, Neighborhood Association Presidents, and other community leaders will judge participants based on certain categories and will announce the winners on stage. FHMS encourages all participants to light up by creating illuminated sculptures, homemade lanterns, stroller floats, bike floats, and their own costumes. Participants can register at fedhill.org/event/neighborhood-lights-federal-hill.

Immediately following the parade, FHMS, in partnership with the Federal Hill Hospitality and Business Associations, is hosting the Fed Hill Lights After-Party from 830pm-11pm on the unit block of east cross street on the north side Cross Street Market.

The after-party will feature Baltimore bands Outcalls and Super City. There will be drink vendors at this free-to-attend event. Local businesses will also be offering deals, specials, and extended hours.

Locust Point will have an art installation called Harbor Memory created by the XXS group featuring landscape artist, Moya Sun of China. The display will be at Under Armour’s headquarters at 1020 Hull St. The installation will run from April 6th to April 8th. About Harbor Memory from Light City:

Harbor Memory creates a sparkling wetland scenery as a representation of the Inner Harbor before its urban development. This collection of 375 fiber-optic lighted ‘plants’ is not a mere celebration of the city: it’s an invitation for individual Baltimoreans. During Neighborhood Lights, visitors are encouraged to register for one lighted plant. The plants will then be distributed to those registered addresses after the festival. The project engages with the public by cultivating a sense of ownership to each individual and their community.

Harbor Memory Rendering courtesy of XXS Group 

via http://www.southbmore.com/2018/03/26/federal-hill-and-locust-point-announce-light-city-displays-and-events/